22 Questions
From which direction is the norma occipitalis viewed?
Posterior
What is the term used to describe the head region?
Cranium
What is the name of the depression formed by the squamous part of the temporal bone and the parietal bone?
Temporal fossa
What is the name of the joint between the occipital and the two parietal bones?
Lambdoid suture
What is the name of the elevation observed in the middle of the occipital bone?
External occipital protuberance
What is the name of the suture between the two parietals and the occipital bone?
Lambdoid suture
What is the upper part of the neurocranium called?
Calvaria
What is the name of the opening in the occipital bone?
Foramen magnum
Which of the following bones does not contribute to the structure of the calvaria?
Zygomatic bone
How many fossae are observed in the cranial vault?
Three
Which part of the sphenoid bone forms the posterior boundary of the anterior cranial fossa?
Antero-superior part of the body
Where is the infratemporal fossa located?
Infero-medial to the zygomatic arch and medial to the ramus of mandible
What is the posterior border of the infratemporal fossa formed by?
Mastoid and styloid processes of the temporal bone
Which of the following structures forms the medial wall of the orbit?
Orbital plate of the ethmoid bone
What is the connection between the pterygopalatine fossa and the nasal cavity?
Sphenopalatine foramen
Which of the following bones contributes to the formation of the superior wall of the orbit?
All of the above
What is the name of the largest fonticulus in the newborn skull?
Anterior fonticulus
What is the connection between the orbit and the middle cranial fossa?
Superior orbital fissure and optic canal
Which of the following structures forms the roof of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Greater wing of the sphenoid bone
Which of the following structures forms the lateral wall of the nasal cavity?
All of the above
What is the name of the point where the os parietale, os frontale, os sphenoidale, and os temporale meet?
Pterion
What is the name of the point where the os frontale and the two os nasale meet?
Nasion
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